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Creating New Keyboard Shortcuts
I spent an hour fiddling around trying to find out where I can script a new keyboard shortcut but couldn’t find them, and had to get back to actual work.
I’m just looking for a way to program a new shortcut to add a marker to a layer. I was thinking cmd+opt+m since I don’t believe its taken, but I cant seem to find where to do this.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
-Dino
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6 Replies
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The asterisk (*) on the numeric pad adds a marker to a selected layer. For example, if you do a ram preview (0 numeric) and tap the * you can set markers on a layer to the beat of music.
Is that what you want?
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Hi
[Merendino] “I’m just looking for a way to program a new shortcut to add a marker to a layer”
open the Shortcuts.txt file and modify these lines
“AddLayerMarkerWithDialog” = “(Alt+PadMultiply)”
“AddMarker” = “(PadMultiply)” -
I’m on a mac, and i can’t seem to find that Shortcuts.txt file. I could just be an idiot, but I’d hope thats not the case.
The first response was talking about a marker in the timeline, not the layer itself. the second response seems like what i need to do but can’t seem to find that file. any more specifics for where to find this file? Thanks again.
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As far as I know, there are only two types of markers in AE, layer-time markers and composition-time markers.
On my machine (PC) * puts a marker on the layer-time (in the timeline, but on the layer) it is not a composition marker, like the one you drag from the left and are limited to 10.
Are you trying to add composition-time markers with a shortcut?
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Touche! Good show! The last time I was thinking about what you said i thought you meant press shft + 8 to get that astrix, and as such I was confused. But you sir, are right, that IS the shortcut for placing a marker in the layer.
Sorry I got confused, but thanks for the help!
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The file on the Mac is called “Adobe After Effects 7.0 Shortcuts” it will open in TextEdit and can be modified as you require.
The file resides in:
/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/7.0/Adobe After Effects 7.0 Shortcuts
Careful not to assign a key combination that already exists. It might be a good idea to print out this file for reference AND save a copy before editing.
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